By BRAD McGRATH
ORGANISERS have capped the Casey Fields crowd at about 10,000 for the NAB Cup Melbourne-St Kilda clash on March 9, with the public already showing significant interest.
Tickets for the contest went on sale on Wednesday with the game a pre-sold event, meaning patrons will not be able to buy tickets at the gate.
Tickets are to be bought through AFL Victoria with Ticketmaster the vendor.
Casey Scorpions football manager Matthew Young said the AFL was handling ticket sales with a general admission ticket $20.
“We’re getting a consultant to do a feasibility study to look at car parking and stuff like that,” he said.
“Melbourne will be doing some community stuff in the week leading up to game.”
Casey Fields has never hosted an official NAB Cup fixture with several pre-season challenge matches being held at the venue.
The record crowd for a NAB Challenge match was 10,099 between Hawthorn and Essendon with that figure expected to be challenged.
“From the committee point of view we want people to get in and buy their tickets or they won’t get in,” Young said.
“We are expecting the game to be pretty close to a sell out.”
■ Tickets for the Melbourne-St Kilda clash can be bought from ticketmaster.com.au.
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